Poem-a-Day
Poem-a-Day is the original, daily poetry series featuring new poems by today’s poets. Produced by the Academy of American Poets, this free digital series is made possible by you, our readers and listeners. Theme music by Kat Rejsek. Audio engineering by Genevieve Shubeck. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.
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Afaa Michael Weaver: "Midnight Air in Louisville"
3 min
1527
Marie Howe: "My Dead Friends"
2 min
1528
Tim Seibles: "All the Time Blues Villanelle"
4 min
1529
Elizabeth Curtis Holman: "We Pulled a Rose in S...
1 min
1530
Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
1531
Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1532
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
1533
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min
1534
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min
1535
E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min
1536
Helene Johnson: "Trees at Night"
2 min
1537
Arna Bontemps: "Length of Moon"
1 min
1538
Kimiko Hahn: "[The whale already]"
2 min
1539
Robert Pinsky: "Revisionary"
3 min
1540
Martín Espada: "Wake Up, Mario"
9 min
1541
Marilyn Nelson: "Last Mattress"
3 min
1542
Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min
1543
Clarissa Scott Delany: "Joy"
1 min
1544
Langston Hughes: "As I Grew Older"
2 min
1545
Linda Susan Jackson: "Nailing Things Down"
3 min
1546
Joel Dias-Porter: "Three Wrong Notes"
3 min
1547
Sharon Olds: "Not Once"
3 min
1548
Yusef Komunyakaa: from “Autobiography of My Alt...
5 min
1549
Guest Editor Interview: February 2022 Guest Edi...
10 min
1550
Tamiko Beyer: February
4 min